Kenyan Victor Wanyama scored a superb 35-yard goal to earn Southampton a 1-0 weekend win at Hull City in the English Premier League.

The Saints midfielder stroked a poor clearance from Eldin Jakupovic over the goalkeeper and into the net after just three minutes. Nigerian Victor Moses and Senegalese Mame Biram Diouf were on target for Stoke City, but West Ham United clawed back to grab a 2-2 draw.

Burkina Faso international Jonathan Zongo scored his first La Liga goal of the season whilst Solomo Kalou bagged his fourth in German Bundesliga.

Algeria international Yacine Brahimi has won the Liga BBVA Best African Player award at the LFP Awards for the 2013-14 season in La Liga. The 24-year-old midfielder, who joined Portuguese side FC Porto in July, played the 2013-14 season at Spanish club Granada, featuring in 35 out of the 38 La Liga games and scoring three times and providing four assists. He scored his most memorable goal of the season against Barcelona last April when the Nazaries stunned Barça 1-0. His dribbling skills and pace have been commended by many European and African coaches. Runners up are Morocco’s Youssef El Arabi also of Granada, who ended last year’s campaign with 12 goals in 36 games, and Stephane M’Bia of Cameroon, who made 19 appearances and scored 3 goals with Sevilla.

West Ham striker Diafra Sakho scored his sixth goal in six matches as West Ham rose to fourth in the English Premier League with a 3-1 win at Burnley.Fellow Senegalese Mohamed Diame of Hull and Sadio Mane of Southampton were also on target in a profitable weekend for Africans.Kenyan Victor Wanyama was another scorer as Southampton crushed Sunderland 8-0 and Ivorian Wilfried Bony converted a penalty for Swansea in a 2-1 loss to Stoke.

In Italy, Ghana striker Richmond Boakye was the hero for Atalanta with a 90th minute winner, whle Angolan Manucho scored in first goal for Rayo Vallecano in Spain.

Guinea winger Alhassane "Lass" Bangoura has revealed he withdrew from the squad to face Ghana because his Rayo Vallecano club-mates feared he could catch Ebola. Hundreds have died from the virus in Guinea and the country has taken the precaution of moving Saturday's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier to Morocco. "I asked Guinea coach Michel Dussuyer to free me because my colleagues were scared," Bangoura told Rayo's website. "Rayo did not tell me anything, the decision is mine." The current Ebola epidemic in west Africa has now killed more than all other known outbreaks combined, with Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia the worst affected countries.

Diafra Sakho scored his fifth goal in as many matches to help West Ham defeat fellow Londoners QPR 2-0 in the English Premier League at the weekend.

An August signing from French outfit Metz, the 24-year-old Senegalese striker is already looking like one of the best buys of the season.A productive weekend for Senegal stars saw Papiss Cisse bag a brace for Newcastle in a draw at Swansea while a Mohamed Diame goal helped Hull defeat Crystal Palace.

Elsewhere, Cameroonian players Stephane Mbia and Paul-Georges Ntep both scored two goals for their respective clubs in Spain and France, while Joel Matip was sent off in Germany.

Senegal-born West Ham striker Diafra Sakho maintained a bright beginning to his English Premier League career by scoring against Manchester United at the weekend. However, a fourth goal in four matches from the 24-year-old former Metz star could not prevent the 'Hammers' losing 2-1 to the 'Red Devils'. Cameroonian Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were on target in Germany.In Italy, Senegalese forward Khouma Babacar claimed his first goal of the season for Fiorentina, while Ivorian full back Serge Aurier committed a mistake in PSG's 1-1 draw at Toulouse in France.

Senegalese Papiss Cisse made a fairy-tale return to the English Premier League at the weekend by bagging the brace that salvaged a 2-2 draw for Newcastle against Hull.Cisse, sidelined since April with a broken kneecap, came off the bench midway through the second half with the Magpies trailing by two goals at home.Fellow Senegalese Mohamed Diame, Kenyan Victor Wanyama and Congolese Yannick Bolasie were other Africans on target in the Premier League.In Italy, Ivorian winger Gervinho impressed again for Roma, while Benjamin Moukandjo and Wahbi Khazri respectively sealed Reims and Bordeaux's narrow wins in France.

Senegal star Mohamed Diame scored for on his debut for Hull City against his former club West Ham on Monday Night, in a match that also saw his compatriot Diafra Sakho scoring and Alex Song returning to action for the visitors.Meanwhile, out-of-favour Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari helped Milan edge Parma 5-4 in a Italian Serie A thriller at the weekend. Muntari was banished from the World Cup squad for ill discipline in Brazil and ignored for recent 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Cameroonian Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Tunisian Sami Allagui and Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in the German Bundesliga.

Getafe have announced the loan of Senegalese striker Baba Diawara from Sevilla, with the Madrid club retaining an option to make the move permanent. Baba arrived at Sevilla from Portuguese side Maritimo, during the January 2012 transfer window, making 11 appearances and contributing 3 goals during the second half of the campaign. Struggling to cement a place in the starting eleven during the 2012-2013 season, making 19 appearances in La Liga, but just 5 from the start and with no goals to his name, Baba did hit the back of the net once in 4 outings in the Copa del Rey.